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Kazuo Matsui
Kazuo Matsui

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 6, 2004

Born October 23, 1975 in Osaka, Japan

Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets in 2003. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 28 NYM NL 114  460   65  125  32  2   7   44  14  3  40  97  .272  .331  .396   88  182   5   2   4   2   3 RoY-6
 2005 29 NYM NL  87  267   31   68   9  4   3   24   6  1  14  43  .255  .300  .352   72   94   5   4   1   5   2
 2006 30 TOT NL  70  243   32   65  12  3   3   26  10  1  16  46  .267  .310  .379   74   92   4   2   1   0   1
         NYM NL  38  130   10   26   6  0   1    7   2  0   6  19  .200  .235  .269   31   35   3   0   1   0   1
         COL NL  32  113   22   39   6  3   2   19   8  1  10  27  .345  .392  .504  120   57   1   2   0   0   0
 2007 31 COL NL 104  410   84  118  24  6   4   37  32  4  34  69  .288  .342  .405   87  166   8   1   1   0   1
 2008 32 HOU NL  96  375   58  110  26  3   6   33  20  5  37  53  .293  .354  .427  105  160   7   3   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 5 Seasons      471 1755  270  486 103 18  23  164  82 14 141 308  .277  .331  .395   87  694  29  12   7   7  10
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        604   93  167  35  6   8   56  28  5  48 106  .277  .331  .395   87  239  10   4   2   2   3
 Career High    114  460   84  125  32  6   7   44  32  5  40  97  .293  .354  .427  105  182   8   4   4   5   3
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 28 NYM NL  509  348   64   4.9   110| .272  .268| .331  .340| .396  .435| .727  .775|  88  .491  -7.5  -0.7  82%
 2005 29 NYM NL  295  211   30   3.8   106| .255  .266| .300  .336| .352  .424| .652  .760|  72  .392 -11.2  -1.1  85%
 2006 30 TOT NL  265  186   34   4.9   116| .267  .276| .310  .347| .379  .448| .689  .795|  74  .482 -10.3  -1.0  90%
         NYM NL  139  108    9   2.2   111| .200  .270| .235  .340| .269  .438| .504  .779|  31  .180 -13.8  -1.3 100%
         COL NL  126   78   25   8.6   121| .345  .283| .392  .355| .504  .459| .896  .814| 120  .722   3.5   0.3  88%
 2007 31 COL NL  453  306   64   5.6   118| .288  .282| .342  .353| .405  .451| .747  .804|  87  .546  -9.4  -0.9  88%
 2008 32 HOU NL  422  283   61   5.8   107| .293  .266| .354  .338| .427  .425| .781  .762| 105  .575   3.6   0.3  80%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 5 Seasons      1944 1334  253   5.1   111| .277  .272| .331  .343| .395  .437| .726  .779|  87  .508 -34.9  -3.4  85%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2004 28 NYM NL SS 110 174 323 23 65 .956 .973 4.52 3.94 4.75 4.45 108 941.7 2B 3 4 8 1 3 .923 .984 4.00 4.30 4.50 5.03 3 24.0 2005 29 NYM NL 2B 71 107 187 9 32 .970 .981 4.14 4.30 4.72 4.98 64 560.0 2006 30 TOT NL 2B 52 120 158 3 48 .989 .982 5.35 4.37 5.40 5.05 51 463.0 NYM NL 2B 31 72 85 1 22 .994 .982 5.06 4.37 5.12 5.05 30 276.0 COL NL 2B 21 48 73 2 26 .984 .982 5.76 4.37 5.82 5.05 21 187.0 SS 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 4.00 1.73 4.40 3 26.0 2007 31 COL NL 2B 102 200 311 4 84 .992 .984 5.01 4.23 5.33 4.86 96 863.3 2008 32 HOU NL 2B 94 190 219 12 56 .971 .982 4.35 4.04 4.57 4.83 94 806.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2004 28 NYM NL 2B 3 4 8 1 3 .923 .984 4.00 4.30 4.50 5.03 3 24.0 2005 29 NYM NL 2B 71 107 187 9 32 .970 .981 4.14 4.30 4.72 4.98 64 560.0 2006 30 TOT NL 2B 52 120 158 3 48 .989 .982 5.35 4.37 5.40 5.05 51 463.0 NYM NL 2B 31 72 85 1 22 .994 .982 5.06 4.37 5.12 5.05 30 276.0 COL NL 2B 21 48 73 2 26 .984 .982 5.76 4.37 5.82 5.05 21 187.0 2007 31 COL NL 2B 102 200 311 4 84 .992 .984 5.01 4.23 5.33 4.86 96 863.3 2008 32 HOU NL 2B 94 190 219 12 56 .971 .982 4.35 4.04 4.57 4.83 94 806.0 2004 28 NYM NL SS 110 174 323 23 65 .956 .973 4.52 3.94 4.75 4.45 108 941.7 2006 30 COL NL SS 3 4 1 0 1 1.000 .980 1.67 4.00 1.73 4.40 3 26.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 322 621 883 29 223 .981 .982 4.67 4.21 4.98 4.91 308 2716.3 SS* 113 178 324 23 66 .956 .973 4.44 3.94 4.67 4.45 111 967.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 435 799 1207 52 289 .975 .980 4.61 4.14 4.90 4.79 419 3684
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2007   NLDS  COL PHI     W   3  12   2   5  1  2  1   6   2   2  .417  .500 1.083   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  COL ARI     W   4  17   2   4  0  0  0   2   1   5  .235  .278  .235   1  0   1   0   0 
        WS    COL BOS     L   4  17   1   5  1  0  0   0   0   5  .294  .294  .353   1  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  11  46   5  14  2  2  1   8   3  12  .304  .347  .500   2  0   1   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Stolen Bases
2007 NL-32-9

Gray Ink: Batting - 2 (2067) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 7.0 (2095) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1687) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Explanation of Similarity Scores


Transactions 

December 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the New York Mets.

June 9, 2006: Traded by the New York Mets with cash to the Colorado Rockies for Eli Marrero.

October 31, 2006: Granted Free Agency.

November 13, 2006: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004New York Mets$5,033,333
2005New York Mets$7,033,333
2006New York Mets$8,033,333
2007Colorado Rockies$1,500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$21,599,999

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Kazuo Matsui's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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